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Jeremiah 10

WBT 1
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh to you, O house of Israel:
NIV 1
Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel.
WBT 2
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
NIV 2
This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them.
WBT 3
For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
NIV 3
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
WBT 4
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it may not move.
NIV 4
They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
WBT 5
They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
NIV 5
Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
WBT 6
Forasmuch as [there is] none like to thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
NIV 6
No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
WBT 7
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like to thee.
NIV 7
Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
WBT 8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
NIV 8
They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
WBT 9
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of skillful [men].
NIV 9
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple-- all made by skilled workers.
WBT 10
But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
NIV 10
But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
WBT 11
Thus shall ye say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
NIV 11
"Tell them this: 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' "
WBT 12
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
NIV 12
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
WBT 13
When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
NIV 13
When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
WBT 14
Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
NIV 14
Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
WBT 15
They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
NIV 15
They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
WBT 16
The portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.
NIV 16
He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance-- the LORD Almighty is his name.
WBT 17
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
NIV 17
Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.
WBT 18
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them that they may find [it so].
NIV 18
For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured."
WBT 19
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this [is] a grief, and I must bear it.
NIV 19
Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."
WBT 20
My tabernacle is laid waste, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone from me, and they [are] not: [there is] none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
NIV 20
My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
WBT 21
For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
NIV 21
The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
WBT 22
Behold, the sound of the noise is come, and a great commotion from the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, [and] a den of dragons.
NIV 22
Listen! The report is coming-- a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.
WBT 23
O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
NIV 23
I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.
WBT 24
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
NIV 24
Correct me, LORD, but only with justice-- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
WBT 25
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
NIV 25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

New International Version

Jeremiah 10

NIV 1
Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel.
NIV 2
This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them.
NIV 3
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
NIV 4
They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
NIV 5
Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
NIV 6
No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
NIV 7
Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
NIV 8
They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
NIV 9
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple-- all made by skilled workers.
NIV 10
But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
NIV 11
"Tell them this: 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' "
NIV 12
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
NIV 13
When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
NIV 14
Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
NIV 15
They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
NIV 16
He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance-- the LORD Almighty is his name.
NIV 17
Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.
NIV 18
For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured."
NIV 19
Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."
NIV 20
My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
NIV 21
The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
NIV 22
Listen! The report is coming-- a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.
NIV 23
I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.
NIV 24
Correct me, LORD, but only with justice-- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
NIV 25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.